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During the Civil War, the 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry
conducted raids and attacks against Union troops behind enemy
lines. Their quick strikes disrupted Union lines of
communications and disrupted supply operations. Led by John
Singleton Mosby, the unit grew in size and became known as
Mosby's Rangers, or, at times, Mosby's Raiders. The Confererate
Colonel was soon called the "Gray Ghost" because of his tactics
and elusiveness.
His partisan Rangers operated from 1963 until the war's end.
By the summer of 1964, Mosby's battalion consisted of six
cavalry companies and one artillery company, comprising almost
1,000 men. After General Robert E. Lee's surrender of the Army
of Northern Virginia Mosby's Rangers was disbanded.
References
43rd Virginia Cavalry Battalion, Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/43rd_Virginia_Cavalry_Battalion
John S. Mosby, Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._Mosby
Mosby's Rangers in the Shenandoah Valley, National
Park Service.
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/mosby-s-rangers-in-the-shenandoah-valley.htm
Mosby's Rangers and Partisan Warfare, thesis by
Freeman E. Jones, Major, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1993, PDF,
156 pages.
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA272930.pdf
Videos
Colonel John S. Mosby's Confederate Cavalry Rangers - A
Civil War History, LionHeart Film Works, YouTube, May 24,
2020, 9 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2PdsXT-4mg
Mosby's Men, by Eric Buckland, Arlington Historical
Society, YouTube, May 25, 2016, one hour. A lecture by a retired
Special Forces officer and book author about John Singleton
Mosby, the commander of the 43red Battalion, Virginia Cavalry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSynXr6e7Hs
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